Biology:Bosworthia
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Short description: Extinct genus of algae
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| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| Division: | Rhodophyta
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| Genus: | Bosworthia
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Bosworthia is a genus of branching photosynthetic alga known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 20 specimens of Bosworthia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.04% of the community.[1] One of its two original species has since been reassigned to Walcottophycus.[2]
References
- ↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. Bibcode: 2006Palai..21..451C.
- ↑ Wu, Mengyin; Loduca, Steven T.; Zhao, Yuanlong; Xiao, Shuhai (2016). "The macroalga Bosworthia from the Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili biotas of North America and China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 230: 47–55. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.001. Bibcode: 2016RPaPa.230...47W.
External links
- "Bosworthia simulans". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=24.
Wikidata ☰ Q4948378 entry
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